Posted by in Uncategorized Today is a celebration day. Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is officially over as a policy of the US Military. In place since 1993, this discriminatory policy has caused untold havoc on soldiers and their families. It has placed a horrible burden on our gay and lesbian soldiers. The burden of silence and lies. It has…Read more »
Posted by in glbt Read this report. The GAO reported that more the 193 million (yes MILLION) dollars to discharge over 3000 gays and lesbian from the military. Can you believe it? Qualified men and women dumped. Our armed services depleted in a time of war and almost 200 million dollars spent enforcing a terrible policy in a time…Read more »
Posted by in glbt Even in the light of the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell anti-gay videos shown aboard the USS Enterprise continue the culture of homophobia. A Navy commander was featured in an anti-gay video shown to hundreds of sailors on board. Changing culture will take more than signing legislation. I hope Admiral Mullens understands that.…Read more »
Incompetence. There I said it. The Democratic Senate leadership under Harry Reid is simply incompetent. And I am afraid President Obama’s staff and his inexperience continue to show. The fiasco surrounding the squashing of the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy is embarrassing. For the first time in more than 50 years the Pentagon’s…Read more »
So time is running out. The Senate is delaying the passage of the military authorization bill that contains the provision for repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. There are enough votes to repeal it. Including Republicans like Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts. But the Senate has really arcane rules that empower a single Senator to hold…Read more »
Posted by in glbt Oh my goodness. Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the heinous military policy that dehumanized some of our country’s finest soldiers simply because they were gay men or lesbians is DEAD! The Judge ordered an injunction that would stop the military from enforcing the policy. This injunction came from Judge Virginia Phillips, the same judge that ruled…Read more »
Posted by in glbt, Uncategorized Yesterday’s Senate debacle on the Defense Authorization bill was shameful. The Democratic Leadership starting with Harry Reid and working its way back to President Obama sold out the LGBT community by once again saying they are committed to LGBT rights but not really working fully for LGBT inclusion. My goodness they couldn’t get the votes. The vote…Read more »
Posted by in glbt What a New Year’s gift! A federal court found that the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy of the U.S. Military is unconstitutional. Late on Thursday a federal judge Virginia A. Phillips of US District court ruled on a case brought by Log Cabin Republicans. In an 85 page decision she ruled that the DADT policy…Read more »
Posted by in glbt, Uncategorized Is the compromise on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell good enough? No I don’t think so. This week the Obama Administration along with Democratic leaders in the House and Senate crafted a compromise bill on repealing the oppressive Don’t Ask Don’t Tell military policy put in place during the Clinton Administration. DADT policy has affected more 14,…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized So even the Washington Post is calling for the repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Policy. In yesterday’s Op-Ed section the Post articulately urges Congress to do away with this heinous policy of expulsion of openly gay and lesbian soldiers. Put into place during the Clinton years, DADT has done tremendous harm to the armed forces,…Read more »
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